Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Answer directly, then explain how you learned to ride. Use the past tense consistently: change “play” to “played.” “Tio” is not standard English; say “uncle.” Also, “had one before” is unclear here—say “had bikes” or “owned bikes.” Break the long sentence into shorter parts and use a linking phrase such as “As a result.”

Example: No, I didn’t own a bike as a child. However, my cousin and uncle had bikes, and I often borrowed one to ride with them. As a result, I learned how to ride.

Suggestion: Give a direct answer and support it with a clear example. Use the plural “bicycles” or “bikes,” and say “as a recreational activity.” The phrase “a lot of young adults or teenagers riding it” needs a complete verb phrase, such as “many young adults and teenagers ride them.” Correct “recational” to “recreational,” and organize the details with a linking word such as “For example.”

Example: Yes, I think bikes are quite popular in my country. Many people ride them for exercise or as a recreational activity. For example, I often see teenagers and young adults cycling in the early morning or late afternoon.

× No, I did not, but my cousin and my tio had one before and I often play with them and borrow the bike so that's why I know how to ride it.

✓ No, I did not, but my cousin and my tio had one before, and I often played with them and borrowed the bike, so that's why I know how to ride it.

The question asks about your childhood, so the repeated actions of playing and borrowing happened in the past. Use the past-tense forms played and borrowed instead of play and borrow.

× Yes, I think so. I often find people riding bicycle like recational activity or just to exercise and a lot of young adults or teenagers riding it early morning or afternoon.

✓ Yes, I think so. I often find people riding bicycles as a recreational activity or just to exercise, and I often see a lot of young adults or teenagers riding them early in the morning or in the afternoon.

Bicycle needs to be plural here because you are speaking generally about people riding bikes. Use bicycles, and use the plural pronoun them to refer back to bicycles.

× Yes, I think so. I often find people riding bicycle like recational activity or just to exercise and a lot of young adults or teenagers riding it early morning or afternoon.

✓ Yes, I think so. I often find people riding bicycles as a recreational activity or just to exercise, and I often see a lot of young adults or teenagers riding them early in the morning or in the afternoon.

Use as to describe the purpose or role of the activity: as a recreational activity. The natural expressions are in the early morning and in the afternoon.

× Yes, I think so. I often find people riding bicycle like recational activity or just to exercise and a lot of young adults or teenagers riding it early morning or afternoon.

✓ Yes, I think so. I often find people riding bicycles as a recreational activity or just to exercise, and I often see a lot of young adults or teenagers riding them early in the morning or in the afternoon.

The pronoun it is singular, but it refers to bicycles in a general plural sense. Use them to agree with bicycles.

× Yes, I think so. I often find people riding bicycle like recational activity or just to exercise and a lot of young adults or teenagers riding it early morning or afternoon.

✓ Yes, I think so. I often find people riding bicycles as a recreational activity or just to exercise, and I often see a lot of young adults or teenagers riding them early in the morning or in the afternoon.

The final part, a lot of young adults or teenagers riding it early morning or afternoon, does not have a finite verb and is not a complete clause. Add a finite verb, such as see, before the subject and its -ing phrase.